Business

Hundreds of Toys Collected by Mall for Watertown Police Gift Drive

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Retired Watertown Police Officer Dave Collins and Patricia Stenson, the General Manager of the Watertown Mall, pictured with the gifts donated to the Whooley Foundation at the Watertown Mall. This December, the Watertown Mall collected gifts to donate to the Watertown Police Department’s Whooley Foundation, which makes sure no children in Watertown go without a Christmas present. The last day of gift collection was Dec. 21 and a total of 165 gifts were donated. Retired Watertown Police Officer Dave Collins, who helps run the Whooley Foundation, welcomed Patricia Stenson, the General Manager of the Watertown Mall, with the gifts collected at the Mall.

Real Estate

One Open House in Watertown This Weekend

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One property will be holding an open house this weekend in Watertown. $899,900 – 764 Belmont St. Unit 1, Condo – Townhouse, 2,280 Living Area Sq. Ft. (Includes Finished Basement), 8 Room, 3 Bedroom, 2 Full & 2 Half Bathroom, Open House: Sunday 11:30-1

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Business

Boutique Running Pop Up at Arsenal Yards

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The Blue Butterfly will be running a pop-up at Arsenal Yards. Belmont-based boutique The Blue Butterfly will be opening a temporary location in Watertown leading up to Christmas. Arsenal Yards sent out the following information about the pop up shop:

Need to finish some last-minute holiday shopping? Head to Watertown’s Arsenal Yards for The Blue Butterfly’s Pop Up Shop now through Wednesday, December 23! Based in Belmont, The Blue Butterfly is coming to Watertown for one week only, and will be setting up shop in the space next to Ben & Jerry’s at Arsenal Yards from 12noon to 7pm on Friday, December 18th through the 23rd.

Real Estate

Nine Watertown Properties Were Sold This Week

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Three multi-families, a single family home and a condo were sold this week. $575,000 – 50 Dartmouth St. Unit 50, Condo – 2/3 Family, 1,110 Living Area Sq. Ft., 6 Room, 3 Bedroom, 1 Full Bathroom

$1,225,000 – 44 Marion Road, Single Family – Detached Victorian, 2,415 Living Area Sq. Ft., 7 Room, 4 Bedroom, 3 Full & 1 Half Bathroom

$1,100,000 – 39 Spruce St., Multi-family Home – 2 Family – 2 Units Up/Down 3,464 Living Area Sq.

Business

Marijuana Dispensary Starting Recreational Sales, Looking to Move

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Natural Selections, Watertown’s first medical marijuana dispensary, will be opening soon. Watertown’s first marijuana dispensary, which has been selling only to those with medical cannabis cards, will start selling their products for recreational use this week. The company also seeks to move to another location in Town. Natural Selections, located at 23 Elm St. on the Eastside of Watertown, announced this week that they would begin adult-use sales on Dec.

Around Town

Watertown Native Heading Company Delivering COVID-19 Vaccine

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Watertown native Donald Colleran, President and CEO of FedEx, leads the company delivering the COVID-19 vaccine. Shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine began this week, and the company in charge of the deliveries is lead by a Watertown native. A FedEx plane carried the first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine from Memphis to Logan Airport on Monday, and was ultimately delivered to Boston Medical Center. Don Colleran, the President and CEO of FedEx, grew up in Watertown. He now is one of the people in charge of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan.

Development

Find Out What’s Happening with the Tufts Building at a Community Meeting

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An online community meeting to discuss the plans for the Tufts Health Plan property will be held on Dec. 21. The developers who are renovating the facility sent out the following information:

Tufts Health Plan recently sold 705 Mt. Auburn Street and 64 Grove Street to 705 Mount Auburn LLC and 64 Grove LLC. Accordingly, the new project team would like to invite you to attend a virtual meeting on Monday, December 21st at 6:30pm to formally introduce itself and present its improvement plans.